Saturday 21 November 2009

Today's Weather
It will be cloudy and wet in many areas at first, with heavy downpours in places. Brighter weather in the southwest will extend countrywide during the middle of the day and into the afternoon, with sunny spells and scattered showers for the rest of the day - and with the risk of some heavy or thundery showers later in the west and southwest. It will be windy, but fairly mild, with highest temperatures of 11 to 13 C.

Tonight's Weather
It will continue windy tonight - and will become very windy or even stormy later tonight and early tomorrow, with severe gusts (100 - 120 km/h) in exposed areas, especially in the west and northwest. Showers will become widespread over the western half of the country tonight, producing heavy or thundery downpours in places, especially later in the night. Further east the showers will be more scattered, with some areas dry throughout. Lowest temperatures will range 5 to 9 C.

Tomorrow
The very windy or stormy conditions will only slowly ease tomorrow. Heavy showers will affect all areas at times, but there will be some drier brighter spells also. Highest temperatures will range 8 to 11 C.

3 Day Outlook
It looks to remain unsettled and windy well into next week, with further showers or longer spells of rain expected. Staying windy if not stormy during SUNDAY NIGHT, with very strong or gale force westerly winds giving some severe gusts across exposed areas. There will be further heavy showers too, mainly affecting Connacht and Ulster at first, with outbreaks of showery rain crossing the country from the west later. Lowest temperatures 5 to 9 degrees, coldest across Leinster. MONDAY will be a breezy day, as westerly winds begin to moderate. There will be further rain or showers at times, with southern fringes at risk of more persistent rain. Some bright or sunny spells too though, with the best of the drier spells developing in the afternoon. Highest temperatures 9 to 12 degrees. TUESDAY will be very windy with rain crossing the country from the west during the morning and early afternoon. Brighter and more showery conditions will follow, though some heavy thundery showers are likely, especially across the western half of the country. Turning cool in the afternoon, with very strong and gusty west to southwest winds. WEDNESDAY will be a cold windy day, with a mix of sunshine and scattered heavy showers - the best of the drier weather across the south and east.